Amusement apparatus



Jan. 13, 1925.

T. DIETZE ET AL AMUSEMENT APPARATUS Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

THEODOR DIETZE, RICHARD SCHOCH, AND THEOBALD KAUF, 04F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS,

Application led June 4, 1924. Serial No. 717,720.

To all 107mmz't may concern:

Be it known that we, THEoDoR Dinrzn, RICHARD ScHooH, and THEOBALD KAUF, citizens oi" the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State ot New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Apparatus, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in amusement apparatus, particularly imitation base ball apparatus, which when played is similar to and produces situations that may be likened to an actual base ball game played on the field.

It is one object of the invention duce situations that are actually present or occur during the actual play, thus affording' an indoor amusement popular with the public, and particularly the younger generation.

Another purpose of the invention is to produce an imitation base-ball game which can be operated by aminiature bat to indicate on a suitable dial over which a hand travels and single phases of an actual base ball game.

A further aim of the invention is in the provision of a miniature indoor base ball game, the paraphernalia of which are enclosed within a casing provided with suitable tabulations or indexing means :tor marking the results of each play and which permits of compact folding of the entire .apparatus A still further object ot the invention is the provision ot vari-colored pegs to indi cate the results of the play of the several players.

These and other objects and advantages of this apparatus are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing forming a material part ot this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a box and its cover placed in endwise alignment to illustrate the dial and its hand, a diamond and other suitable tabulations ory indexing means constituted by suitable openings for the reception of the vari-colored pegs.

Figure 2 is a detail elevation of a bat.

to pro- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4t is a cross-sectional view taken through a part of the box on line 4 4 ot' Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken through the box and its cover when in a closed position.

The box 10 containing the paraphernalia ot the game has a cover 11 snugly i'itting` thereon and adapted to be removed and placed in endwise alignment with the box when a.. game is to be played. vVithin the box and cover', on one of the side edges thereof, are arranged two Wooden beams or bars 12 in the cover 11 and 13 in the box 10 suitably attached to the bottoms by means of pegs 14L or the like.

The bars or beams 12 and 13 at their adjacent ends, Figure 1, are apertured to receive a wooden dowel pin 14 designed to keep the box 10 and coveri 11 in endwise alignment with each other when a game is to be played. y

Near their outer' ends these bars are equipped with guide lugs or the like 15 and 16, having their front 'edges suitably grooved and adapted to guide a cord 17 which is held taut by means of knots 18, 18 and 19 between the lugs 15 and 1G. Between these lugs the cord carries a ball 20 adapted to be displaced thereon when hit by a bat 21 provided in one of its ends with a comparatively deep incision or slot 22 for guiding the cord 17 therein when the ball is hit by 'the bat.

Near one of its ends the cover carries the representation of a diamond, indicated at 23, provided at its corners with openings 24k for the reception of suitable pegs, and showing in its corners the legends 1st 2nd Home and 3rd ln the neighborhood of the diamond 23, the cover carries a circles within which a diamond 26 is arranged, and within the sectors formed by the sides of the diamond, and the parts ot' the circle adjoining, the circle bears the inscriptions Fly ball out 3 strikes out Foul fly out and Infield fly out.

`Within its corners the diamond 26 bears the following legends: One base"7 Two base Home run and Three base.

A post 2T is removably secured with its loo lower end in a wooden block 28 within the cover and provided with'a central axial bore for the reception of the pin 29of a spinner 30 adapted to rotate over the dial when its widened tail end 31 is hit by the ball 20ste indicate with its other end, constituting a hand, the specific phase of the game, as will be hereafter more fully explained.

Pegs 32 of any suitable coniiguration and vari-colored for marking the plays of the several players are adapted to enter with their lower tail ends 33 the various openings in the cover and box representing` and marked Innings Runs and "Outs7 with their various ordinals as will be hereafter more fullyexplained. The openings receiving the various pegs are equipped with eyelets best illustrated in Figure 4E.

Near one ofnits ends, near the dial the cord 17 is provided with a knot 35 to stop the ball from rebounding.

The apparatus is operated in the following manner.

The game may be played by two or more players, if more than two players however are participating in the game they must choose sides. y

To start the game, the player making the longest hit` takes first inning and the peg representing his color is placed in the hole representing the starting point or home plate on the diamond.

Each player or team is allowed three outs before being retired and then the opposing player or team isV at the bat. Each player or team is allowed nine or twelve chances to score according to agreement these being called imiings.V Y

At the end of the twelfth inning the total runs or scores are counted, and the player or team having the most runs is the winner.

. In operation, aplayer strikes the ball with the bat; the ball Will hit the tail end 31 of the spinner so that its hand 30 will Vindicate the result on the dial. Sofor instance if he makes two base hits, the peg of his color is placed or` moved from the home plate position into the hole 24. indicating 2nd base. The player keeps on battinguntil he makes three outs which ends an inning, and peg of his colo-r is placed in the respective hole in the cover. Then the other man or side bats the ball.-

The game is played by innings, three outs as explained above ends an inning. Nine innings end game, however, if desirable, this number may be increased to twelve. If a tie results in the ninth or twelfth inning one more or extra. innings should be played Y until one side wins by making the most runs. Each player should use one peg to keep control of innings, one for the control of the outs which are placed in the corresponding holes in the box cover l0, one for the `naaf/.57:14

control of the runs scored, which is placed in the correspondingly marked hole also on the box l0, and the balance of the pegs for controlling the runs when at bat, around the bases when he has his innings. It will be clear that each player or team should use pegs of the same color to differentiate his marking from those of the opposing player or team. As stated before, the player making the most runs wins the game.

As is well understood, three strikes puts the player out, four balls gives the player a free base, and all other plays are made exactly as the game of baseball is played in the field.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative' of theV invention of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the ap-` pended claims. Y Y

Having thus described our invention what weV claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is zl. A game comprising a box and cover therefor adapted to be placed in endwise alignment, a spinning' means on said cover for indicating each phase of the game, a ball associated with said box and cover adapted to be hit by a bat for striking'v said spinning means to indicate the hits and misses, means for visibly keeping score of the phases'of the game, and means for keep'- ing-the ball from rebounding.

3; A. game comprising a box and removable cover adapted to be placedin endwise alignment, a representation of a diamond on said cover, a dial indicating the single phases of the game on said cover, a spinner oscillating above said dial, a b all,

Ine-ans for holding said ball in association with said coverl and box, said ball being adapted to be hit by a bat for striking said spinner to indicate a phase of the game, ,means on said box and cover for permitting marking of these phases to keep the score,

Vand means for keeping the ball from rebounding.

4. A game comprising a bo-x and removable cover therefor, said cover bearing a diamond and means for indicating the single phases of a base-ball game, a spinner travelling above saidA means, a ball heldin association with said box and cover adapted to be hit by a bat to strike said spinner to indicate the game phases, score keeping means in association With said box and cover, and means on said ball holding means from keeping it from rebounding.

5. A game comprising a receptacle adapted to contain the paraphernalia for an imitation base-ball game, a cord, a means Jfor keeping said cord associated With the said receptacle, a ball on said cord adapted to be displacedE thereon by a bat, a knot in said cord for preventing said ball from rebounding, and means for keeping and visibly indieating the score.

6. A game comprising a casing and cover therefor adapted to allow the storage of the paraphernalia. of the game therein When said box is closed, and to present a diamond, a dial, a hand spinning over said dial and scores for the runs, outs and innings rep resented by openings in said boX and cover receptive of vari-colored pegs for the players and teams to visibly indicate and mark the score, a ball adapted to be batted by a bat to engage said hand to indicate on said dial the results of the several battings to govern the placing of said pegs, a cord for guiding and holding said ball and means on said oord for preventing a rebounding of said ball.

7. An imitation base-ball game comprising phases operated by said ball, and means 4U -for keeping score.

This specication signed and witnessed this 23rd day of May, 1924.

THEODOR DIETZE. RICHARD SCHOCH. THEOBALD KAUF. Witnesses:

FREDK C. FISCHER, JOSEPH H. SIZZAGH. 

